05/12/2026
How do you replace a foundation without tearing the house down?
You don’t tear it down. You lift it.
Olney St. — three-story rebuild. Zoning required >50% of the exterior walls stay standing. Geotech required a 12” mat slab to handle the soil.
Two rules pulling in opposite directions.
So we suspended the framing in mid-air, demo’d the old foundation, and poured a brand new one underneath while the original walls hung above.
Same walls. New base. Built for three stories.
Constraints don’t kill projects. The inability to work around them does.
